groundwood

English

Etymology

From ground (“that has been ground”) +‎ wood.

Noun

groundwood (usually uncountable, plural groundwoods)

1. (paper industry) Wood that has been mechanically ground for pulp or direct use to produce certain kinds of paper or board; mechanical pulp.

Hypernyms

• pulp

Hyponyms

• (paper industry): SGW, PGW, RMP, TMP
• chemigroundwood

Translations

mechanically ground wood

See also

• Mechanical pulp on Wikipedia.Wikipedia